Gambia-L:

The unedited commentary below came from a source in the Gambia.

George Sarr: Great to hear from you. My warmest regards to the family.

Seedy Ahmed: From now on, I intend to be sending daily messages to the L
until after the presidential election. In fact, later this evening, I'll
send one.

My source: On the way forward, I can address that in one of my subsequent
postings. By the way, let's not also forget the brilliant Gambia-L position
paper written by Dr Saine some time ago. It should be somewhere in the
Gambia-L archives.

Ebrima

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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: My Twenty Eighth Message
>Date: Fri, 12 Oct
>
>Coach,
>
>What else can I say that has not already been said about your powerful
>message. It was brilliantly written which will definitely prick the
>conscience of even the most brutal dictator and his sycophants. Keep it
>coming and as Seedy Ahmed said, the print outs are already in circulation
>through Banjul and the provinces.  Yahya MUST GO. He senses it, Fatoumatta
>Jahumpa Ceesay senses it, Baba Jobe senses it and the APRC stalwarts sense
>it.  You should see them on television last night, both FJC and SOS
>Interior spoke incoherently and appear to be in a daze.  In fact,
>Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay said on national television that Jammeh did not
>go to Basse to campaign but rather to thank the URD for re-electing him
>President.  Could you believe it? While the Opposition is busy carrying
>their message to the people by criss-crossing the country, albeit with a
>degree of difficulty and frustration, with constant attempt by a desperate
>band of thugs to disrupt and broken ferries, the APRC is in Banjul driving
>around with a band of kids of school-going age handing out T-shirts.  Let
>it be known that these elections will be won on issues and the singular
>desire of the Gambian people to rid themselves of the Jammeh regime. Come
>October 18, this will happen.  There is no second round.  People are
>talking of the Alliance winning resoundingly in Round One. I think that
>they sense what's in store for them. In fact some of them already packing
>and making arrangements to have their families moved safely to Dakar. Most
>of them can only go as far as Dakar because no other country in Western
>Europe will issue them visas.  Yahya is heading for Cuba with a handful of
>his family and relatives, including the infamous Kujabis leaving Fatoumatta
>Jahumpa, Yankuba Touray, Kebba Ceesay and Sambou (Ex NIA) and the rest of
>his Cabinet to face the music. Meanwhile, I urge you Coach, to keep the
>messages coming between now and election day.  We all know how busy you are
>but you have always put Gambia first despite your heavy schedule.  We thank
>you, the Gambia-L, Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (both US and
>UK branches), individuals who have been working tirelessly over the last
>two years to unseat Yahya Jammeh.  Your success in achieving this objective
>is just a matter of time; in a few days that success would be a reality.
>Your next message should also address the Way Forward for the new
>Government which will be facing a daunting task of nation building.
>


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